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water couch

water couch noun: paspalum distichum, a weedy perennial grass of wet areas.

Noun

water couch (uncountable)

  1. Paspalum distichum, a weedy perennial grass of wet areas.
    • Where at one time might be seen waving fields of rye-grass, cocksfoot, and clovers, are now growing the unsightly and undesirable tussocks, and the low-lying fields are covered in many cases with what is commonly called water-couch or swamp grass.1901 May 10, “Paspalum Dilatatum”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 5, page 153
    Synonyms:
    knotgrass

Synonyms of water couch

Questions about water couch

What does water couch mean?
Water couch means paspalum distichum, a weedy perennial grass of wet areas.
What part of speech is water couch?
Water couch is a noun.

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